The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, July 09, 1943, Image 2

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CA Freshmen Coeds' Camp
Scheduled For Weekend
Frosh Council Forum
To Meet Next Week
The Penn State Christian Asso
ciation will hold freshman wom
en's camp at the.,CA cabin located
on Mount Tussey from tomorrow
afternoon until Sunday morning,
according to Harriet Van Riper,
newly elected president.
Freshmen and upperclass women
counselors will leave from the rear
of Old Mai& at 2 p.m., Miss Van
Riper stated.
Counielors include Margaret
Ramaley, camp chairman; Jeanne
Ogden; Elizabeth Pike, Jean Butz,
Gloria McKinley, Patricia Diener,
Barbara Anderson, Christine
Grant, Lois Lunn, and Ruth Piel- .
)pier. Music will be directed by
Jane McChesney and food ar
rangements by Katherine Miller.
• Freshman women will be di
vided into groups of ten, with
three counselors sponsoring a
group. Thus activities and general
information will be presented to
those attending.
. A closing worship service will
he held on top of the mountain
early Sunday morning. Miss Agnes
Highsmith, CA secretary, and
Miss Jean Hershberger; retiring
president, •will - be present. -
Freshman Women's 'Foram .
The first meeting of . freshman
women's forum will be held in the
Hugh Beaver room at 7:30 Tues-.
day, according to Jean Butz, re
tiring forum president.
Miss Butz and Elizabeth Shenk,
former forum secretary, will be in
charge of service stunts planned to
explain various phases of CA
work. Fresh Man women will then
!Library Exhibits
Children's Books
"An Exhibition of Books Made
for Children" has just been placed
in the lobby of the College Library.
'This display is lent by the Amer
ican Institute of Graphic Arts and
will be on exhibit throughout the
month of July.
The 'books represent the best in
ibook illustrating and writing for
children in the years 1937 through
1941. The work of Clare New
-I,)erry, Wanda Gag, Artzybasheff,
Belen Sewell, and Rockwell Kent
is represented illustrating stories
by Walter Edmonds, Cornelia
Meigs, Ludwig Bemelmans, and
ethers.
Material in the exhibit falls into
three main groups, picture books,
Story books for young children,
and informational books.
Large posters have been placed
in wall case.; at the back of the
lobby of the library. These are in
two series. One group shows illus
trations of children's literature
done in the older style by Thomas
Nast, Winslow Homer, and Alex
ander Anderson. The second group
provides examples of prize win
ning contemporary work by Lath-.
r'op, Thomas Handforth, the
d'Aulaires, and N. C. Wyeth.
Dean WarnOck Calls
Counselors' Meeting
All Student . Counselors and
members of the Executive Com
mittee will meet with Dean War
nock in the Hugh Beaver room,
Old Main, at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday,
according to Dan Gillespie, chair
man of the committee.
The counselors will discuss Dean
Warnock's plan to have the activi
ties of the Student Counselors
continue throughout this semester.
Suggestions made by the counsel
ors on the basis of the recent
Freshman Week activities will pro
vide the foundation for this con
tinued program.
Members of the committee are
Dan Gillespie, chairman; Wallace
E: Almquist, Frederick P. Boody,
Walter Berg, Dad D. Gillespie,
Robert D. Williams, and Hank Har
r-Lan.
sign up for the branch in which
they are interested.
At this time Harriet Van Riper,
president, will' be presented. Mar
garet Ramaley, Miriam Zartman,
and Patricia Middleton. will also
be introduced aria will participate
in the program.
Freshman Men's Council
The initial meeting of freshman
men's council will be held in the
Hugh Beaver room at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday headed by Palmer
Sharpless and Daniel Gillespie.
A discussion of the past work
and activities of the. 'freshman
men's council will be outlined by
Reagan Houston, Richard TitleY,
Robert Crane, and James Ziegler.
Interest check systein will he
distributed. Plans for freshman
men's 'camp to be held July 17th
and 18th will be presented by Ned
Wibenga and Charles Hoag.
College Songs Set Cadence
For Arrival Of ROTC en
Marching to the faMiliar strains
of "Fight On State" 79 Advanced
ROTC men who have not com
pleted their academic college
courses returned to - their Alma
Mater. The men, who came from
the New Cumberland Induction
Center Monday night; are being
housed in 'Barracks 33 and 3, for
merly the Phi Sigma Kappa and
Alpha Chi Sigma fraternity
houses.
These men will 'pay their own
fees until they complete the
courses they formerly pursued in
College. The government, how
ever, will house and feed. them
and they will be under full mili
tary regulation and control. When
their courses are completed the
men will go to officers' candidate
school; at present they are not un
der the Army Specialized Training
Program.
Army headquarters has issued
'no statement concerning possible
participation in College sports ac
tivities for these men. Among
them are a number of varsity foot
ball players • who made up the
nucleus of last year's team. Home
corners in uniform are Linn F.
Adams, Rodman H. Bean, Wayne
R. Bechdel, Roscoe E. Blyler,
Charles H: Brasuell, William M.
Briner Jr., Clifford M. Brown, Earl
F. Brown, Jack W. Brown, Harold
A. Bryson, Willard H. Carmean,
Leonard R. Catanoso, Aldo Cenci.
Charles W. Chase, Jean Chovet
Jr., Sidney Cohpn, Charles R. Cris
pen, Robert R. Dickey, Thomas F.
Egan, Lawrence D. Gent Jr., John
H. Gerth,,Edward T. Glock, Stan
ley A. Goldberg, Jack R. Grey,
Robert L. Gumble, Christy
.Hal
lien, Bernard Hankin, Samuel C.
Harry, William J. Hasley, Howard
M. Hausner, Junior D. Hess, James
A. Hewitt Jr., Jack D. Hunter,
Dr. Max Lerner To Speak
On Posi War Problems
Dr. Max Lerner, professor of
government at • Williams College,
author and lecturer will speak in
Schwab Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.
July 27.
Regarded
_as one of this coun
try's outstanding thinkers and
writers on political problems. Dr.
Lerner will speak on "Problems
of the Post War World." He will
show, among other things,. how
this war is different from other
wars.
brolimeni for Summer—
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rather acute. The .College has
agreed that no student waiter or
dining commons employee work
ing during the noon hour should
be handicapped or hindered in
the current or any future semes
ter by failure to attend' a class
scheduled at a time when •it con
flicts .with dining commons meal
service:"-
THE COLLEGIAN
Visual Training
Course Offered
Success in bringing the vision
of many rejectees up to Army,
Navy, and Air Corps standards
has led the Reading Clinic at the
College to offer a special two
weeks short course this summer
in the techniques of visual re
education.
Starting August 16, the course
will be part of the College's reg
ular summer sessions. Dr. Em
mett A. Betts, director of the
Reading Clinic, believes that
faulty vision is often due to poor
seeing habits, and that corrective
visual exercises can be used to
develop better brain patterns of
seeing.
The course on visual ,-re-educa
tion is planned to be of especial
Interest to vision . specialists,
school psychologists, orthoptic
technicians, nurses, and others.
James A. Irwin, John J. Jaffurs,
Edward C. Kaiser.
Charles A. Kavenev, Francis V.
Kennedy, Edward J. Kleckner,
Charles E. Kohler Jr., Israel M.
Krauss, Daniel M. Kreider, Donald
A. Kulp, Charles P. Lebow, Carl
E. Maier Jr., Daniel V. Matto Jr.,
Laurence G. McEvoy, Frank R.
McKain, William W. McKenna,
Richard B. McNaul, William D.
Meals,. Joseph A. Meiser Jr., Rob
ert G. Mellen -Jr., John F. Melzer,
Robert 0. Mitchell, Henry G. Mohr
Jr., Clifford M. Painter, William
H. Paul, Harold L. Pickel Jr.,
George R. Pittenger, Samuel E.
Pretz, John E. Provost, Mervin L.
Quartner, John W. K. Ranck,
Richard, S. Ross, Theodore g. Roth
bauer, Harry K. Searcii, Jr.; Miles
W. Smith Jr.
Stuart L. Sussman, Roland •W.
Sutherland, Kendrick C. Taylor,
Olin W. Tevendale, James B. Vos
ters, Wesley N. Wagner, Charles
H. Welker, Merrill D. Witmer,
Harry D.. Woolver ton, John M.
Zabkar, and Marlin E. Zimmer
man.
lean ' arnack Stresses Need
For Seriousness During Term
Civilian men students meeting in Schwab Auditorium Tuesday
night were given an explanation of the situation at the College this
semester by Dean of Men A. R. Warnock, Dean Carl P: Schott of the
School of Physical Education, and A. 0. Morse, assistant to-the presi
dent in charge of resident instruction.
Dean• Warnock told the group what is expected of them' during
the present term, emphasizing in particular - the need •for seriousness
and staying on the job with -. a so
ber attitude toward their work.
"Manners must be - in keeping
with the times,!' Dean. Warnock
said, and asked the men to re
member that, their right to the
status they now held depends a
great deal on the attitude they
take towards their job, which is
primarily pei paration 'for service
in the war effort. He also remind
ed them of a few rules of conduct
in general, arid' spoke' -of 'the de
lations between the men in uni
form and those not. •
Speaking generally of the phy
sical recreation side of the •-pic
ture, Dean Schott outlined the pre
sent facilities .of the 'College and
enumerated the various activities
that open to undergraduates. He
also explained the services that
the College is providing for the
training of the Armed Forces in
his department. Dean Schott
pointed out in particular the need
for . physical fitness for those a
bout to enter the service, illustra
ting his point with a story about
the sinking of the Wasp, when one
officer declared that many lives
were lost because of physical
weakness. 1
Civilian students at the College
hold a. slight edge :over those in
uniform,•,aceordiing ;to Mr. Morse
, who gave the figures for the pre.
Air Corps Offers
"Penn Prop Patter"
A group of 30 air corps stud
ents under the direction of Ste
phen W. Kopcha have organized
a four-page paper now _in its
third week of existence. Former
ly called "The Orphan," "Penn
Prop Patter," gained this new
cognomen through a contest spon
sored by the staff.
. The paper comes out every
Friday and is distributed by Ira
...Schneider, circulation manager,
and other students before 5 p.m.
Through this medium, the
•group will be able to keep in
step with the activities of the
other barracks and their united
duties.
The staff, which works in its
free time includes, Stephen W.
Kopcha, editor in chief; Jules
Resnick, news editor; Joseph R.
Megliola, feature editor; Kohler
;Mclnnis, editorial editor; Kenneth
G. Perry and Donald Petrella,
sports and music editors respec
tively.
Ridge Riley Appointed
To Alumni Position
H. Ridge Riley, Collegian editor
in 1932 and assistant director of
the College Department of Public
Information, has been appointed
assistant executive secretary of the
Alumni Association.
Riley has been employed by the
College since his graduation in
1932. For the past nine years he
acted as sports editor and for the
last two years he supervised gen
eral news in addition to his sports'
responsibilities..
Prior to employment in the
Department of Public Information,
Riley served for a year as gradu
ate manager of student publica
tions, and a year as Student Union
manager.
Russian Club t Meet
The Russian Club will, hold its
first meeting in the second floor
lounge of Old Main at 2 o'clock
tomorrow. All Russian or Greek
Catholic service men are invited.
sent enrollment. He said that the
College had pledged that there
would be no discrimination be
tween the groups of students, and
emphasized that there would be
Morse said that the number of
students now at Penn State com
pares favorably . with that at any
other college in the country, and
pointed out it is indeed a compli
ment that so many varied groups
have asked Ito use Penn State's
facilities to train their people.
There are eight such groups now
training. on campus.
23 Candidates Vie---
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This is the first time that elec
tions will be conducted on a se- .
mester basis rather than the class
year system and Brawn reminds
all civilian students who are elig
ible to vote that their duty ;this
year to vote is doubly important.
Person elected eighth semester
president will assume chairman
ship of the cabinet, while the
treasurer becomes interclass finan
cial chairman.
. Elections will be held in the
first 'floor. lounge, Old Main, July
15 and W.' • •
FRIDAY, JULY •9, .1943
Brooks Heads New
La Vie Staff
Results of La Vie elections, held
at the end of last semester, have
been announced by Rozanne
Brooks, new editor-in-chief of the
yearbook.
Assisting Miss Brooks are
Wanda Alexander, managing edi
tor; Rita Rokosz, Ruth Frietag,
Hannah Frankel, and Naomi
Woolever, members of the editor
ial board.
- Students who left school to en
ter the armed forces and were
awarded ' honorary positions are
Jimmy Payne, co-editor; John.
Watkins, co-managing -editor; and
Wayne La Roe and Stephen Sini
chak, editorial board members.
All• eighth semester students
who are graduating in August
must fill out their blue activity
sheets when .they pay their fees
at the Armory, Miss Brooks stated.
La Vie will be published in August
and this information must be in
on time.
Calendar Set—
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8 a.m.
12—Payment of Fees.
December
22—Mid-Semester below-grade
report 12 noon.
22—Christmas Recess begins 5
p.m.
30 2 —Christmas Recess ends 8
a.m.
January--
s—Winter Courses in Agricul
ture begin. •
February
17—Fall Semester Classes end
5 p.m,
18—Fall Semester .-,ca.mina
tions begin 8 a.m.
24—Fall Semester ends 5 p.m.
24—Fall Semester Graduation
exercises. •
Spring Semester 1944
March—
I—Freshman Week begins 8
a.m.•
3-4 Spring Semester Registra
tion:
4=—Freshman Week erisfsTll:so
6—Spring Semester classes be
gin 8 a.m.
17—Payment of Fees.
April
29*Mid-Semester below-grade
reports,
June
-15—Spring Semester classes
end 5 p.m.
16—Spring Semester examine- .
tions begin 8 a.m.
22—Spring• Semester ends 5 p.
m.
22—Spring Semester gradua
tion exercises.
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the air, for stratosphere flying 'they
must be "suped-up." To do this ths
pilot just before.he takes off pedals
a stationary motor driven.bicycle to
reduce the amount of nitrogen in his
blood. Otherwise gas bubbles would
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expensive piece of equipment, but
the- vast quantities of this and -other
materials of war make it imperative
tor all of us to keep'our fighting men
well supplied.by greater. and greater
„purchases of War .Bonds.
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